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English professor Barbara Lewis talked about the time in which poet Phillis Wheatley lived. She spoke about Boston's treatment of slaves and Phillis Wheatley's standing in her master's household. She also looked at the poet's reception in the international arena. Phillis Wheatley was an eighteenth century Boston slave, and the first African American to have her poetry published. People: Danielle Legros Georges; Barbara Lewis Sponsor: Boston Public Library,Boston Literary District
Topics: African-American Poet Phillis Wheatley, Television Program
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LibriVox recording of Harlem Shadows by Claude McKay. Read in English by Denise Ray An award winning Jamaican poet who writes passionately about his birth home and his adopted home, USA. Claude McKay vividly describes family life, love, hate, work, and social life. The reader obtains a strong sense of black life through his colorful and emotional poetry. . - Summary by Denise Ray For further information, including links to online text, reader information, RSS feeds, CD cover or other formats...
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Phillis Wheatley was an eighteenth century Boston slave, and the first African American to have her poetry published. English professor Barbara Lewis of the University of Massachusetts Boston explores the time in which Phillis Wheatley lived. She talks about Boston's treatment of slaves, and Phillis Wheatley's standing in her master's household. She also looks at the poet's reception in the international arena. The Boston Public Library and Boston Literary District co-hosted this event....
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English professor Barbara Lewis talked about the time in which poet Phillis Wheatley lived. She spoke about Boston's treatment of slaves and Phillis Wheatley's standing in her master's household. She also looked at the poet's reception in the international arena. Phillis Wheatley was an eighteenth century Boston slave, and the first African American to have her poetry published. People: Danielle Legros Georges; Barbara Lewis Sponsor: Boston Public Library,Boston Literary District
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English professor Barbara Lewis talked about the time in which poet Phillis Wheatley lived. She spoke about Boston's treatment of slaves and Phillis Wheatley's standing in her master's household. She also looked at the poet's reception in the international arena. Phillis Wheatley was an eighteenth century Boston slave, and the first African American to have her poetry published. Sponsor: Boston Public Library,Boston Literary District
Topics: African-American Poet Phillis Wheatley, Television Program
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Elsa Gidlow (29 December 1898 – 8 June 1986) was a British-born, Canadian-American poet, freelance journalist, philosopher and humanitarian. She is best known for writing On A Grey Thread (1923), possibly the first volume of openly lesbian love poetry published in North America. In the 1950s, Gidlow helped found Druid Heights , a bohemian community in Marin County, California . She was the author of thirteen books and appeared as herself in the documentary film, Word Is...
Topics: Elsa Gidlow, lesbian, GLBT Historical Society, San Francisco, poetry, book, 1923, LGBTQ,...
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- Sounds of Dissent, producer Amy Grunder Smith College professor Susan Van Dyne discusses the late great feminist poet and essayist Adrienne Rich, one of the most influential writers of her generation.
Topics: Adrienne Rich, American poet, feminist, feminism, women's liberation, social justice, art and...
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Book digitized by Google from the library of the University of California and uploaded to the Internet Archive by user tpb.
Topics: avignon, rice, poetic, cale, dramatic, petrarca, sancia, poems, night, young rice, cale young,...
Source: http://books.google.com/books?id=dz1FAAAAIAAJ&oe=UTF-8
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Cal Expo arena? - Cal Expo staff and the NBA are talking about a Kings arena on the Cal Expo grounds. Today on Insight, key players in the talks tell you about the possibilities, the challenges and what it would mean for the region if the arena is ever built. Marcos Breton - We check in with Sacramento Bee metro columnist Marcos Breton about some issues facing the region, including the proposed arena at Cal Expo and the potential closing of Basketball Town in Elk Grove. Sherman Alexie -...
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Robert Mezey (born 1935) is an American poet, critic and academic. He is also a noted translator, in particular from Spanish,He was born in Philadelphia, and attended Kenyon College as a contemporary of E. L. Doctorow and James Wright; after a time and serving in the army he finished in 1959 an undergraduate degree at the University of Iowa. Having worked for a while, he became a graduate student at Stanford University. Then he began teaching at Case Western Reserve University, After holding...
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Robert Pinsky (born 1940) is an American poet and former Poet Laureate of the United States (1997-2000). He is known for his innovative, personal style, and his use of contemporary themes. Pinsky is a professor at Boston University where he teaches in the graduate creative writing program.
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Award-winning poet Jamaal May reads from and discusses his books The Big Book of Exit Strategies and Hum as part of Brookdale Community College's Visiting Writers Series directed by Suzanne Parker.
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Suzanne Parker interviews poets Ravi Shankar, a founding editor of Drunken Boat and author of two collections of poetry including Deepening Groove, and James Hoch, author of 3 books of poetry. The authors discuss their work, their thematic concerns and processes, and share poems from their books.
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Award-winning poet and performance artist Patricia Smith discusses her work and reads from various books including her collection Blood Dazzler which focuses on Hurricane Katrina and its aftermath. The reading was sponsored by Brookdale Community College's Visiting Writers Series directed by Suzanne Parker.
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Featuring Opening Voice, Abioseh Cole, music by Co Co Beaux and featured Poet Ocean Vuong. Recorded at the Mystic Museum of Art on May 11, 2018. The Arts Café Mystic contributes to the cultural life of Southeastern Connecticut by presenting programs of readings by the nation's most celebrated poets and writers, complimented by music from New England's finest musicians. The Arts Café Mystic is an independent not-for-profit series supported by the generosity of people, foundations, and...
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Portrait of Leo Yankevich by Przemyslaw Musialowski, 2018
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Collection of Ogden Nash's animal poems with silly illustrations. Frederic Ogden Nash was an American poet well known for his light verse. At the time of his death in 1971, the New York Times said his "droll verse with its unconventional rhymes made him the country's best-known producer of humorous poetry". Paperback, 32 pages Published 1960 by Hallmark
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This is an audio recording of the poem "Freedom's Silent Host" by Margaret E. Sangster 1896. Recited by Grant Raymond Barrett. Thank you for listening.
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The first african american poet pulitzer life: Gwendolyn brooks the first african american poet to win the pulitzer prize for poetry her advice in speech to the young and which she writes live not for battles won live not for the end of the song.
Topics: pulitzer, life, poetry, the first african american poet, unitarian universalist, sermon
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Ezra Pound, a few WWII broadcast recordings
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Lannan Center for Poetics and Social Practice Readings and Talks Series 2015-2016 Philip Metres and Mark Nowak Seminar March 1, 2016 Socially conscious poets Mark Nowak and Philip Metres read from their work, past and present. Both share pieces with input from outside sources, too. Introduced by Lannan Center Director Carolyn Forché.
Topics: philip metres, mark nowak, coal mountain elementary, poetry, readings and talks, semianr, writer's...
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Vanna Bonta speaks to the Poetry Society ( Florentine Camerata ) at a 1996 presentation of her work convened by the Italian Minister of Culture. Literary Conference: works by poet and novelist Vanna Bonta . September 1996 Cassa di Risparmio; Florence, Italy This recording is an excerpt from recording: Gabriella Fiori dissertation - Flight: a quantum fiction novel ,by Vanna Bonta; literary analysis of debut of quantum fiction discussed as a new literary genre .
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Hugh Rodham chats politics and elections prior to second term of William Jefferson Clinton with producer Brad Nimchek and Tim Hough. Discussion with special guest, American poet/novelist Vanna Bonta , introduces her new book that introduced “ quantum fiction ” and covers Florence, Italy, political power, Machiavelli, Hollywood, writing for Star Trek: TNG, Gene Roddenberry, quantum physics (double slit experiment), creativity, leadership and more. || Note: Reference reflecting 1996...
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